LG announces G4 Stylus and G4c mid-rangers

After the war of flagship smartphones follows the wave of devices that aim to carry on a similar experience to the mid-range.

Just like last year, LG has now introduced the G4 Stylus and G4c which follow the design of the G4. These two new handsets will be released on key strategic markets in coming weeks.

The G4 Stylus is the was leaked earlier and features a Rubberdium Stylus for taking notes and sketching. The G4 Stylus was already introduced in Korea and North America as G Stylo.

On the other hand, the G4c is the compact or mini version of the flagship.

The G4 Stylus will come in two flavors - with 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU and 4G LTE support or a 1.4 GHz octa-core CPU limited to 3G networks. It features a 5.7” 720p display which provides easy feedback for the stylus. While the G4c features a 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU powering a 5” 720p display.

Both phones run Android 5.0 Lollipop with LG UX 4.0 on top. RAM is limited to 1GB, while the 8 GB storage is expandable via a memory card slot. Both phones will have a 5MP camera in the front for taking selfies.

Meanwhile, G4c has a 8MP camera at the back along with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC, GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS support. This phone is 10.2 mm thick and weighs 136 grams including the 2,540 mAh removable battery.

The G4 Stylus has got some flagship level Laser Auto Focus along with Gesture shot for imaging while the G4c got only the Gesture shot.

It's a shame that the phablet-style G4 Stylus is so starved statistically. If it held the internals of the regular G4, with a slightly larger screen and built in stylus, it'd sell like mad. But a 720p screen, 1gb ram, and sub-par camera all but guara...